iPad shortcuts

Shortcuts for taking advantage of iPad-only features from Apple.

Use these shortcuts to quickly activate your Slide Over apps, plus jump into all the settings for Magic Keyboard-specific features.

Turns off Orientation Lock, letting your device rotate freely.

Turns Orientation Lock on so your iPad screen won’t rotate.

Uses Open App > Slide Over to open your favorite apps in Slide Over – I use 1Password, Music, Twitter, Craft, Notes, and Things.

Opens into Settings > Display on iOS and System Settings > Displays on macOS so you can arrange your Mac or iPad displays accordingly.

Opens the deep link into the Auto Lock settings so you can customize your iPad’s timeout.

Opens the Hardware Keyboard options in Settings > Keyboard so you can change the backlight brightness controls.

Opens the Settings app to General > Keyboard so you can change options as needed.

Opens the deep link into Settings > Display > Text Size so you can control how things look on your iPad.